7 Types Of Nail Art Brushes

Yup nail art is now an equivalent substitute to body art. Those of you who are not a big fan of needles or the pain but still love to flaunt some art on the body, this is the ideal solution. Nail art art can be an amateur attempt. You can give it a try just to see how good you are at it or maybe just because your bored. Or you can choose to be serious and go pro. And this of course means that right tools are needed. And that is where nail art brushes come into the play.

Nail Art Brushes

Nail art brushes comes in 15 different interesting pieces and each set can be further divided into 7 parts. You can buy these brushes individually too depending on what you like to do. These brushes are:

1. Round brush:

It is the most versatile and common nail art brush. It is used for creating intricate designs. It also helps in creating different strokes patterns. These brushes also help in making 3d nail art using acrylic powder and monomer.

2. Striper/liner brush:

This nail brush helps in creating stripes (long lines), striping stroke patterns and you can also use them to make animal patterns such as zebra or tiger prints. You get straight lines with these brushes with ease. Your set may contain 3 of these brushes.

3. Flat brush:

This brush is also known as shader brush. These brushes help in creating long fluid strokes on the nails. It also helps in creating one stroke patterns, blending and shading. They are also helpful in doing gel nails. Your set may contain 2-3 sizes of this brush.

4. Angled brush:

This brush basically helps in one stroke nail art flowers on the nail. It is very easy to double laod the two colors while using because of its angled bristles.

5. Fan brush:

Fan brush has many functions. It helps in shading, creating swrils and also helps in sprinkling glitter. You can create beautiful stroke effects with this brush. It is also used in brushing off excess flocking powder or glitter too.

6. Detailing brush:

As the name suggests this brush is used for adding details to your nail design and it has a very good precision effect. You can create many master pieces with this brush. This is the must have brush in your nail art tools stash.

7. Dotter:

Your 15 pieces nail art brush set consists of one dotter tool too. It has a very small head tip which helps in creating many small dotted effects on the nails. For larger dots, you can use other bigger dotting tools that are available in the market.

Different brushes have different purposes and as you practice you will get more comfortable with their uses. As I always work with a detailing brush ….I can draw anything with it. And it’s kind of easy for me.

Let us know which brushes do you use frequently in the comments below.